Harriet Arford Harriet Rockhill Arford, 87, of Leesburg, passed away on Monday, Oct. 14, 2019, at 11:44 p.m. in Parkview Whitley Hospital, Columbia City.
On Dec. 1, 1931, she was born in Warsaw to Morrison Albert and Isabel Hadley Rockhill. On Sept. 18, 1954, in Warsaw, she was united in marriage to Dr. John E. Arford, who preceded her on May 16, 2013.
She lived most of her life in the Kosciusko County area, where she had been a radiology tech, a homemaker and retired as a school psychometrist. She was a lifetime member of the First United Methodist Church of Warsaw. She was life member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughter of the Nile, TETI Sheri #60 and a charter member of the Amateur Ballroom Dancers, where she received a silver medal with her late husband John during a competition.
She loved dancing, gardening (and was a Jackson-Perkins Rose Test Member) and was loved dearly by her family
She is survived by her daughter, Rebecca (Dick) Arford-Smith, of Columbia City; sons, John Stephen (Linnaea) Arford, of New Haven; and Michael Vincent (Jan) Arford, of Leesburg. She is also survived by her grandchildren, MacKenzie Arford, Heather (Adam) Harter, Jared (Julie) Arford, Kaitlyn Arford, Michaela Arford, Laura Arford and William Arford. Further survivors include great-grandchildren, Reilly Arford, Hayden Arford-Harter, Wyatt Harter and Logan Rosenquist.
She was preceded by her husband, John E. Arford; granddaughter, Madelyn Arford; and brother, Alvin T. Rockhill.
A funeral will be held on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 1 p.m. in the First United Methodist Church of Warsaw with Pastor Brian Smith officiating. Friends may visit with the family on Saturday, Oct. 19 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. also at the church. Burial will follow in Leesburg Cemetery.
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Memorials to Animal Welfare League of Kosciusko County, 1048 S. 325 East, Pierceton, IN. 46562 or First United Methodist Church of Warsaw, 179 S. Indiana Street, Warsaw, IN. 46580.
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